Kade's Conquest (COMPLETED)

6. The Dinner - 2

Kade's POV

"That was a shitty movie Eli. You have to choose better one’s man", Cameron complains as everyone agrees with him. 

"What do you think Thea?", Eli asks, with a hint of plea in his eyes. She shrugs and sits on the floor, Indian style. 

"It was okay, I guess", she says and Eli sighs and runs a hand through his hair. 

"I hate you guys", Eli mutters under his breath. Cam and Vi scoff loudly, indicating that they heard him. 

"We hate your movie choices more than we hate you", Vi says with humour dripping from her tone. 

"Yeah whatever. You all are bitches anyway", Eli grumbles making all of us laugh. 

"What are we doing next?', Cam asks and Thea yawns making everyone look at her. 

"What? I am a surgeon and I had a really long day. I say, we all go to sleep", as these words are out of her mouth, Vi looks and me just as my attention turns to her, panic clear in my eyes. I need her alone so we can talk about everything. 

"You know what I think, maybe we should sit at the patio and drink my favourite glass of wine and talk. You know, get to know each other and all", Vi says and the buys agree while Thea looks a little skeptical. 

"Oh, come on Thea, please?", Vi gives her the famous puppy dog eyes that even I can't resist. 

"Fine. But only for an hour or so", Thea says and I mentally thank Violet for this. I owe her one.

"Cam and Eli help me get the glasses while Kade can show Thea to the patio", Vi says and everyone gets up. 

"Let's go", I tell her and she nods. She comes to my side and starts walking.

"Thea, I want to talk to you", I tell her and turns to look at me with a confused look. 

"Does something hurt?"

"No. I need to talk about us. What happened all those years ago", I say and her expression changes from confused to that of anger. 

"Let's not. After having such an amazing night, I don't want to ruin it by fighting with you".

"Please. I didn't get a chance to apologize to you before but now that I have one, I don't want it to go to waste".

"Fine. But we can talk when we are alone, not in front of your friends or Vi for that matter. You don't want to face her wrath too". 

"You really think they are going to come back? Violet knows I wanted to talk to you so this was just an excuse for them to let us be alone", I say and she sighs heavily. 

"You both work in twisted ways, I swear", she says and I laugh. 

"Twin telepathy, I guess", I shrug in response. 

I lead her outside to the patio and she smiles looking at it, probably thinking about the times when she came here. 

"Nothing has changed at all", she says while smiling. I stare at her with a smile of my own. She is one of the most beautiful women I have had the pleasure of meeting. 

She turns to look at me and I gesture her to take a seat. 

"Do you want anything? Maybe wine or something?", I ask her but I already know she is going to deny the offer. 

"Nope. I can't afford drinking too much. I have an early shift tomorrow", she says and this just shows how dedicated she is to her job. 

"You love being a surgeon, don't you?"

"Yes. It has always been my passion", she says and there is a glint of sadness in her eyes and I am tempted to ask but I don't want to cross any lines tonight. 

"You became an actor. How did that happen?", she asks and I get the gist. She is trying to distract me from the main purpose of us sitting here but I am happy to answer whatever questions she has.

"Well, it has been my passion as well. The boys and Vi supported my throughout even when my parents weren't much happy about it but eventually, they came around and now I like to think that they are proud of me", I say and she nods her head in understanding. 

"So, did you get the dog that you always wanted?", I ask her and the surprise is clear on her face. 

"How did you know I wanted a dog?"

"You think I didn't pay attention when you and Vi talked? Well, you have another thing coming then", I say and she still looks surprised. 

"Well, whenever you got time from tormenting me", she takes a jab at me and I wince from the hatred that was clear as a day in her voice.

"I am sorry for all the s**t that I have put you through. I know, a mere sorry will do you no good but I promise that I will make it up to you", I say and she just narrows her eyes at me. 

"You are right. A sorry won't change anything", she says and is about to get up, when I grab her wrist with my good one.

"Thea, please sit down and listen to what I have to say. I really want to clear the air between us, once and for all", I plead with her and she hesitantly nods. She finally sits down and pulls her hand from mine. I am not going to deny, but it really hurt. I guess I deserve that. I have to earn her trust and I will, soon.

"Thea, I know all that I did was wrong. I shouldn't have done those things but trust me I had a reason that even I wasn't aware of until the day you left", I tell her. 

"You are a really damn good actor, Kade", she says and I sigh. I cannot blame her for not trusting one word that comes out of my mouth. 

"No Thea, I am serious about this, I swear. I don't need to act because this is all coming from true me and not the one, who the world sees and knows". 

"What was the reason because I am coming up blank. I cannot think of even one thing that could justify your behaviour at that time", she says with narrowed eyes and I gulp the lump that has formed in my throat. I am not sure if she will believe me but tonight, I am not going to hide anything from her.

"I liked you", I whisper and I am not sure she heard it but her gasp lets me know that she did. 

"You what?"

"I liked you", I tell her and she looks at me like, I have gone crazy and maybe I have.

"That's not true. If you liked me, which I am sure you didn't, you wouldn't have done those things. That's not how you tell someone you like them", she says, disbelief clear on her face. 

"I am saying the truth. I liked you and I had my own twisted ways of showing it".

"Twisted? I would much prefer the word, dark and asshole ways", she says, scoffing at the end. 

"Sure, use all the adjectives you would like but this is the truth".

"Fine, let’s consider this ideology if yours for just a second. If you did like me, then why wouldn't you just tell me on my face?"

"I was scared you would reject me as I was your best friend's brother and a player. You didn't deserve an asshole like me", I say and she doesn't react. 

"Why would you convince Kyle to break up with me? You knew I really liked him!"

"I had two reasons, one being, he was an ass and was using you and the other was, well I was selfish and didn't want anyone to have you while I sat on the side-lines", I tell her and she stands from the seat and starts pacing, looking furious. If looks could kill, I would be dead by now. 

"Right. He was using me. Who told you that? He really liked me".

"No, he didn't. I heard him talking to his shitty friends about how he just wanted to get you in his bed and then break up the next day. In my opinion, I did you a favour", I say and immediately regret it. 

"Favour?! He broke up with me in front of the whole school. He literally announced that I was a w***e and slept with his f*****g friends. Do you have any idea, how embarrassed and humiliated I felt?", Thea says, while turning away from me. 

"And I beat him for that", I whisper and she turns so quickly that I thought she hurt her neck. 

"You did that? The black and the bruises?"

"Yep. One of my finest works", I say with a sly smile and she laughs a little. 

"Scaring my prom date away was also to satisfy your selfish thoughts", she says it more like a statement rather than a question and I simply nod my head.  

"And all those pranks? Trashing my locker, doodling all over my books?", she asks and I cannot help but laugh at that. 

"That was just for fun. I loved to get a reaction from you", I say which makes her more furious but I can see the humour in her eyes.

"You are an asshole and the biggest moron I have ever had the misfortune of meeting", she says while sighing loudly and I just laugh. 

"Oh, come on. Don't tell me, you didn't want this gorgeous body", I tease her and she rolls her eyes in annoyance. 

"Please. I would rather stay celibate than spend the night with an asshole like you", she says ad I have to admit that bruised my ego. 

"Fine whatever. But, will you at least consider forgiving me? We can be really good friends".

"Right. I will think about that. Don't expect me to go easy on you. You have to earn my friendship and let me tell you, it is not going to be easy for you. You cannot win me over like you do with all your other flings", she says and I smile. 

"Challenge accepted, Thea Williams. Just so you know, I don't plan on backing down anytime soon", saying so I get up from the chair and stand in front of her. 

"I hope all the misunderstandings are cleared between us now?"

"I am still angry at you and it won't go away so soon. I need time to process everything", she admits and I sigh. 

"Take all the time you need and I promise you, I won't stop until you really do forgive me", with that we go to our respective rooms to call it a night. 

It felt really good to come clean about everything but what I didn't tell her is, I still liked her just as much as I did back then, if not more. With this as my last thought, I go to sleep. 

"Good morning sleeping beauty", Cameron screams in my ears, jolting me awake. 

"What the f**k man?!"

"Sorry dude, but you need to wake up if you want to see Thea, before she leaves for the hospital", Cameron says with a sly smirk and I swat him away before getting up and putting on a shirt. 

We both make our way towards the dining table, where the woman is laughing at something Eli said and my dad is shaking his head in disbelief. 

"Why are you friends with this i***t again?", dad asks me, acknowledging my presence.

"I think about the reasons everyday", I reply and Eli snickers loudly, indicating his disapproval at my response. 

"b***h, you are lucky to have a best friend like me", he says and I roll y eyes and take a seat opposite Thea.

"Good morning girls", I wish them both and they do the same. 

"You feeling better today?", mom asks and I nod my head. 

"You might want to come to hospital today and get that checked out this week", Thea says and I nod my head. I cannot wait to go back to work. I am done sitting here doing absolutely nothing productive. 

"I am dying to get out of here anyway", I say and mom looks at me with a stern face. 

"Already tired of us honey?", she asks. 

"You know it’s not that. I just want to go back to work. I don't want them to bear the losses just because I wasn't careful enough", I say. I plan on calling the director of my film today to talk about all of that. I plan on making up for their time and money both.

I turn my attention towards Thea, and I am stunned by how beautiful she looks. She's wearing a regular jean and a floral top to go with it. Her hair is in a sleek ponytail and her face has barely any make up except for eyeliner and a nude lipstick. 

"So, Thea, what are your plans for today?", Vi asks her. 

"I have got two surgeries today but other than that, I have a quiet day unless any emergencies show up", she says and Vi nods. 

"I am picking you for lunch then", she informs her. 

"I am so sorry Vi, but I have a surgery just after lunch today and I usually don't eat right before the surgery. Rain check?"

"Oh okay. Tomorrow then?"

"Tomorrow works for me", Thea replies and goes back to eating. 

"Guys, I have got a HR meeting, I better leave. Thank you for the breakfast Aunt Car", Cameron says and leaves the room after bidding goodbye to everyone. 

"I better get going as well", Thea says and gets up from the chair. Before Violet could offer walking her to her car, I get up.

"I will walk you to your car", I say and she looks at me for a second before nodding.

"Bye Violet, I will call you tonight. Bye Caroline, the food was amazing and Richard, your sense of humour, as always blows me away", she says and dad laughs out loud before they both give her a warm hug.

"Bye Eli. It was pleasure meeting you", she says and they shake hands. 

"Likewise. Hope to see you around more often", Eli replies while smirking at me. I roll my eyes and lead Thea to her car. 

"Nice choice", I say as she stops near the Chevrolet Impala.

"What can I say, I love supernatural", she says and I laugh. 

"Drive safe. I hope to see you soon", I open the door with my good hand and she gets in. 

"Not in the hospital this time, I hope", she says and I nod and she leaves. 

As I make my way upstairs, I keep thinking about the ways by which I can meet her again, soon.